Russia to spend $30b on defense in 2012

2011-11-15 09:20:52

The Russian government will allocate over 880 billion rubles (about $30 billion ) for defense spending in 2012, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

Crisis may create 'two-speed Europe'

2011-11-15 08:20:49

A "two-speed" European Union may come sooner than expected, analysts said, as the worsening debt crisis requires deeper and stricter fiscal discipline in the eurozone.

Cameron says UK's future lies in EU

2011-11-15 07:01:43

Britain must remain part of the European Union to protect its economic interests but a post-crisis Europe must not turn into a rigid bloc with the power to hurt those on the periphery.

Greece faces new threat to bailout

2011-11-15 06:30:19

Greece's conservatives vowed on Monday to reject any new austerity measures in return for the aid that is keeping Athens from bankruptcy.

UK mulls missile defence for 2012 Olympics

2011-11-15 05:49:10

Britain is ready to use missiles to protect next year's London Olympics from an airborne attack, Defence Minister Philip Hammond said on Monday.
Britain to have FBI agents for Olympic security
Queen to rent out palace for Olympic party
London 2012 torch relay to feature in soap opera

Europe in 'darkest hour' since WWII: Merkel

2011-11-15 05:03:20

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called the ongoing debt crisis Europe's "darkest hour" since the World War II, but expressed confidence that Germany would emerge stronger.

Norway mass killer admits July massacre

2011-11-14 22:48:00

The anti-Muslim militant who killed 77 people in Norway on July 22 acknowledged carrying out the massacre but refused to plead guilty in his first public hearing.

NATO chief falls off bike, breaks arm

2011-11-14 22:43:18

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen fell off his bicycle and broke his arm at the weekend, forcing him to call off a planned visit to the Baltic states this week.

Russia launches manned spacecraft to ISS

2011-11-14 16:41:54

International Space Station (ISS) crew members US astronaut Daniel Burbank (C) and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (L) and Anatoly Ivanishin sit in their spacesuits.

Russian, US crew blast off for space station

2011-11-14 13:38:57

Three astronauts blasted off on Monday to restore a full crew to the International Space Station (ISS) after the crash of a Russian cargo spaceship disrupted operations and undermined faith in the Russian space programme.

Russia launches manned spacecraft to ISS

2011-11-14 13:28:31

Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft with three astronauts onboard blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Monday, according to Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos.

France fears it's next in line for debt crisis

2011-11-14 08:45:39

President Nicolas Sarkozy is not ready to admit it, but France has begun to fear that it will be next in the markets' firing line as the debt crisis spreads from Greece and Italy.